Big Brother 6 Live Feeds, September 4th – Ivette Gets Fired Upby Carrie
Warning: This article contains spoilers.
I've been waiting to hear that Ivette winning HoH was actually all a big joke, but apparently that's not going to happen. Which means that the live feeds have become really, really difficult to watch for more than a few minutes at a time. I've scheduled a lobotomy though, so I can keep watching and recapping for y'all.
Big Brother allowed the hamsters to sleep in this morning, so there was no movement at all until almost 11:30, when Ivette got up, went downstairs to get a banana, and returned back to the safety of the HoH bedroom. When we rejoin the nerd herd, April is awake and already picking her nose. Remember back when April would spell out her swear words and was always on her best behaviour because she was afraid of getting fired from her job? Yeah, those days are long gone – I guess she just doesn't caaaaay-er anymore.
Maggie is awake too, and April mentions that Maggie was talking in her sleep, muttering "Janelle, Janelle, Janelle" last night. Somehow Maggie having nightmares about Janelle makes me happy. Since her name has already been brought up, the nerds waste no time in bashing Janelle for not knowing how to make coffee, for making more money than Maggie while working far fewer hours, and for losing her partner in the first week. They're really running out of material here, but at least they've given up on mocking the hair extensions for a bit.
The other favourite topic of conversation for the herd is how good and morally sound they are. They talk about what they would do with the money if they won it (share it with Crappy is a biggie, because all he wanted it for was to send his kids to college – even though he told Marcellas on House Calls that he wanted to buy a cool car), and how much money they would give to charity. April tells a riveting story about how a cup rolled out of the back of their truck at the grocery store, and Big-Boned Matt didn't notice until they got home. He then drove back to the store to pick up the cup and dispose of it properly. What a guy.
The herd moves downstairs and eventually to the backyard. They talk about how they have to win the next HoH comp and should practice, but Ivette would rather speculate on whether or not they'll get a shopping spree like they did last season. Ivette wonders aloud if they should make more coffee, and Maggie insists that they shouldn't – let Janelle get up and have to make her own. Yeah, that'll show her! April says that they aren't mean people; Janelle just makes them act this way. They then figure that Janelle is part of the production team and was put in there to be as bitchy as she could to see how they would all handle it. Sigh.
It's now nearly 1pm, and Howie and Janelle are finally up. "Oh boy Howie!" "Oh boy Janie!" can be heard from the gold room. They get up and head for the bathroom.
Outside, Maggie asks what it's called when a person is obsessed with something. "Fanatic?" asks Ivette. Yes, that's the word Maggie was looking for. She wants to call Janie "The Fanatic" now because all she does is watch reality television. They say that she has no friends and no TV, so all she does is watch DVD's. On what? April is just glad that one of the herd will win the money now, because God is making sure that it will go to someone who will "do good with it".
An outside lockdown is called, so Howie runs to grab some bananas and his light saber and heads outside with Janie. Janie sits by the pool alone, while Howie chats it up with the nerds. They're being disgustingly sweet to him now. The lockdown is over quickly, and everyone but Janie heads inside.
Maggie and April go workout in the gym, while Ivette hangs out in the kitchen with Howie. She offers to make him breakfast, and when he says he can do it himself, she insists. Howie thanks her and asks her to sit with him while he eats. They have a pleasant conversation and then go back outside to join Janelle. They talk about celebrities and their children.
Meanwhile, Maggie and April are saying that Janelle probably thinks that one of them will take her to the final two to guarantee them a win. Maggie insists that they don't play that way (of course not, because that would be smart). They keep yapping, comparing Janelle to James and saying that the two are as bad as each other.
April comes outside to join the chatter, and eventually Maggie does as well. She wants Howie to teach her how to box. They get out all the equipment and practice for a while, but Maggie finally says that boxing is too hard for her and gives up. April, Ivette, and Janelle are talking about plastic surgery and botox. April's advice is to not get botox treatments done at a botox party – go to a doctor. A botox party? Seriously? Is that like a Tupperware party?
April asks Janelle what she would do with the money if she won. Now there's a loaded question – there's no right answer here for Janie. If she says she'd blow it all on clothes and a vacation, then she's materialistic and will get bashed even more. If she says she'd give it to charity, they'd say she was a liar. Janie answers that she would give most of it to her family. Can't wait to hear how April spins this one later. (Actually I can. I could wait forever to hear about it, truth be told.)
April, Janie and Maggie decide to lay out in the sun, while Howie attempts to swim the 440 laps across the pool to make a mile. Ivette sits by the pool keeping Howie company. This attachment is interesting – Crappy and James are gone, so she sticks to the only straight male left in the house. What will she do when Howie is evicted? Oh wait, Maggie's still there. Never mind.
The ladies go inside and have a snack, then the herd invites Janie up to the HoH room with them. Never thought I'd see that. Ivette's toilet is backed up, so she gets a plunger and takes care of it herself. Good on ya, Ivette. She mentions that she only got one photo in her HoH basket, and was told that the others were damaged in transit. There's irony for ya.
Eventually April and Maggie are left in the HoH room, supposedly napping (but really talking about Janelle and how awful she is, and their significant others and how wonderful they are), Janelle goes to work out, and Ivette returns to the backyard to watch Howie swim.
Howie and Ivette start talking game, and Ivette asks Howie how much he trusts her. He says about 85%, explaining that so much has gone down in the house it's hard toknow who's telling the truth. Just as I think Howie might start working Ivette about a plan to keep him in the house, Janie comes outside. Rats.
Janie, Howie, and Ivette have a really good conversation. It starts out a bit rocky when Ivette tells Janie that she doesn't understand having family waiting for her when she gets out, since it'll be Michael that will be there for her. Janie defends herself saying she does have family out there, but Ivette is insistent that it's not the same. Fortunately they get into other topics, like geography, figure skating, and gymnastics. Howie goes off to defend the grounds with his light saber, but is soon back and chatting away.
This small group talks for a good 45 minutes, and they really seem to be enjoying each others' company. I won't get any false hopes up that Howie will be saved, but at least no one is bashing anyone else behind their backs or talking about how the show is one big conspiracy against the good and righteous people. Of course Maggie and April are asleep, so that accounts for a lot.
April and Maggie finally wake up and head back outside. They ask if everyone else took naps too, and look a bit surprised to hear that they've all been sitting out there talking this whole time. Ivette says that she wants to grill some pork chops, and heads over to the grill to get it going. She turns the knobs a few times and POOF – a big fireball explodes from the grill, causing Ivette to jump back and the feeds go to fish.
We come back a couple of minutes later, and Ivette is eerily silent. Maggie (who is an ER nurse, remember) is casually asking Ivette if she is okay. Ivette says that her hair is falling out and just wants to go brush it. Fortunately she's fine – just some singed hair. Maggie asks if her skin hurts, and Ivette says no. They're all a little freaked out, but physically fine. The herd swears that they will go the remaining 17 days without using the grill. April makes this all about her, describing how high she jumped and blah blah blah. Your alliance mate just came thisclose to being scarred for life from a huge fireball, an all you can talk about is how you almost fell in the pool. Nice one, April. Very moral and compassionate.
Outside, Howie and Janelle talk about the possibility of bringing Ivette over to the Jedi, since it would be her best shot at winning the money. They're not convinced she'll go for it, but they have to try. Janie doesn't want to be there when Howie talks to Ivette, so she preps him for the conversation.
Ivette is called to the DR, so Maggie comes out to sit by the pool and reflect on how horrifying the fireball was. She wants out – she's been away from her family for too long and doesn't want to be here a second longer. But she doesn't go and pack her things, so I'm assuming this is yet another instance of the herd teasing us.
The nerd herd makes dinner while Howie and Janelle walk laps in the backyard. The herd think that Janie is doing all of this exercise to prepare for the next comp, but I'm thinking it might have something more to do with sheer boredom. At least she's turning it into something rewarding, rather than cutting down the competition. Everyone eats together and then Janelle and Howie do the dishes while the herd goes out to soak in the hot tub.
After making fun of Janelle selling her old clothes on eBay rather than donating them to charity, April wonders what kind of clothes they'll get in their shopping spree. She wants name brands, like Gap jeans. Ivette jumps on her and retorts, "They're free clothes, April". Ha. Ivette goes on to make fun of the way April says "y'all" all the time.
Howie and Janelle come outside, and Ivette asks if the prize money in BB was ever higher than half a million dollars. Janelle says yes, in the first season, but she won't elaborate further. Maggie goes inside to take a shower and the others talk about previous BB seasons. Janelle mentions that the next season is supposed to be All Stars, and April doesn't believe her until Ivette mentions that Beau saw something about that online. April is astounded. "Did the internet say that??"
Ivette goesinside because she's second in line for the HoH shower. Maggie has promised to give Ivette and April back rubs after everyone showers. See, this is why guys all think that when girls get together it's all touchy-feely stuff. Get over it guys – this is really not normal.
April moans that Matt is not going to be happy with her weight gain when she gets home. I guess Matt likes his women looking like sticks with balloons out front. They bash Janie some more and then everyone settles in for their back rubs. They again talk about how Janie must be part of the BB staff, since she knows so much about the game and won't share everything with them. They go on and on about how the most important part of the game is to make friends, and that Janie can learn how to play the game, but she can't learn how to me a good person. Real Networks and CBS should give out sickness bags to everyone who subscribes to the feeds, I think. Or at least some Gravol.
Howie goes up for his turn at Maggie's massage parlour, and April goes outside to corner Janelle. She's promised the herd that she will be mean and nasty and tell Janelle that there's no way she can win. Why? Because they're good and moral people, and this is apparently the way that good and moral people behave. They seem to think that Janelle will have a moment of enlightenment and realize that she's evil, and will drop out of the game. Good grief.
April makes small talk with Janie, and then tries to get to the important stuff. She says that Jennifer secured the jury for a nerd to win the game, and Janelle replies that she doesn't give a f-ck about that. April insists that she's only trying to help Janelle – she can still try and get to the final two if she wants to. Janelle agrees and adds that she just needs to figure out who to get rid of to get there. I love Janelle, I really do. And nice job April, you sure talked that Janie into giving up all right!
Howie shows up to break up the strategy party, and April starts yammering about how Maggie lost her partner early in the game and that's why she's the way she is. What, annoying? Self-righteous? Bitchy? What exactly are you referring to here, April? Also, in case you forgot, Janelle lost her partner the first week. Anyway, April goes on to say that Ivette and Maggie are closer than she and Maggie are, probably because of their devotion to Crappy.
April gets a bit upset that she saved Janelle last week, and now Janie is going to use the veto so that April will go up. Janie says that she would put Maggie up there, not April. April says that evicting Kaysar wasn't her idea – it was forced on her and all Jenny's doing. Okay then – is there anyone in the house who hasn't yet been blamed for Kaysar's eviction? Janelle tells April that she will be using the veto on herself, and not on Howie. She then asks April who would go if April and Ivette were both on the block. April can't answer because she doesn't know. Janelle adds that maybe America will vote for the winner – you never know.
April rushes back to the HoH room to discuss this latest conversation with the herd. Maggie is appalled by most of it, of course, and wonders who told Janelle that they wanted her to veto Howie. Um, maybe Howie did? Maggie advises April not to talk game with those two any more, because they're trying to get her to turn on her alliance.
More Jedi bashing comes from the HoH room, while Howie and Janelle go to the hot tub. They still want to talk to Ivette and try to bring them to their side, then all work together once April is gone to get rid og Maggie. Then it's every person for themselves. Janie is willing to give up her Bahamas trip so Howie can bribe Ivette with it – but the offer has to come from Howie since Ivette seems to trust him somewhat.
The hags in the HoH room finally settle down and get ready for bed, after Apil tells Ivette that the fireball waw a sign from God that she is too obsessed with her hair. Everything is a sign from God to this woman. They finally go to sleep, all in the HoH bed together.
Howie and Janelle keep talking game for a bit longer before heading inside for their nightly routine of showers and walking around looking at things in the house.
Let's hope for a more intereting day tomorrow.
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